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Rhea, titánide of motherhood, was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and sister and wife of Cronus, and after his brother mutilate the genitals of his father and dethroned , she would be married for Crono and together would amount as the King and queen of the gods , the time of his reign was known as " the Golden Age " because people had no need for laws or rules everyone did the right thing, so they were not necessary.

She became pregnant multiple times but in the end , her husband devouring newborns ( Hestia , Hades , Demeter, Poseidon and Hera) , Crono was mowed prophecy anger their parents Gaia and Uranus , he revealed , prophecy warned Cronus was defeated and dethroned by one of his own sons taking power , just as you see what he did with his father.

Rhea loved her husband , but she could not bear the pain of sadness at losing their children at birth , so she , near the end of its sixth and final pregnancy, asked advice to parents on how to save his son even unborn, Uranus and Gea advised him to hide his birth Crono and give a substitute instead. Rhea hid on the island of Crete, where she gave birth to little Zeus. Then Cronus , giving him a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes which he promptly swallowed distrust .

Then hid the baby in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete , hanging from the branch of a tree that I was invisible to his father and asked the nymph Amalthea take care of him , and turned into a goat for safety. , Over time , Zeus a strong and powerful adult turned. , when the time came , Metis gave an emetic to Rhea and this gave him to drink Crono as a gift, what would cause vomiting , returning babies in the reverse order that devour , starting with stone (which symbolize the future of human mortality ) , and then the rest , who were "born again " as babies and adults grew almost instantly , Rhea took a their children and fled to Asia Minor to escape Cronus, Zeus then , travel to the dungeon in Tartarus and freed the rest of the brothers of Cronus, ( Giants, and Cyclopes Hecatónquiros ) and Zeus would give thanks thunder and lightning, their weapons to rebel against the Titans in Titanomaquia , after a decade of battles, the victors will result 6 siblings , Zeus in Tartarus would lock Cronus and the Titans who supported him . , then marry her sister Hera and as such the prophecy had said , would become the new Kings of the Cosmos, procreating a new generation of gods , founding the Olympic era.

Rhea was the few Titans who were not imprisoned , and lived on Olympus, for a time with their young sons , then leave and live elsewhere , ( it is speculated that Egypt ) .

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The family tree is extensive, Rhea is the mother of six major Olympian gods , also grandmother and great-grandmother of their offspring , sister of the Titans children of Uranus and Gaia , and also cousin of the children of Erebus and Nyx .

Rhea still remembers with an air of love and longing company Cronus, and saddened by the tragedy that happened, she remembers how her husband looked very happy about the arrival of their children, and since her parents announced prophecy Crono change and look with contempt pregnancies Rhea, also regrets not being able to witness the development of their children as any normal mother . , but at the same time is taken up with the arrival of her grandchildren which if he could see grow their Persephone 's favorite granddaughter for your kind and innocent personality. Rhea made ​​her promise to Zeus, to be patient with Hades , which because of Cronos , the younger brother turned, but was disappointed after learning that Hades was the culprit behind the kidnapping newborn Hercules, Rhea did what he could to help appease the great pain that her daughter Hera felt at the loss , did not want any of his daughters to happen again the misfortune of losing their children .

After the events of the film, Rhea lived on Olympus periodically in seasons travel around the Mediterranean and beyond, and occasionally returning to spend the holidays with her ​​children, she personally punish Hades for his heinous action , even that as any mother , wants , and Hades turn, he has always envy the idea that Zeus is Rhea 's favorite son.

Rhea 's personality is sweet , maternal, she is very correct and has impeccable manners, his favorite animal was always the Lion.

Qualities that his some of his children inherited :

Hera: he inherited from his mother , elegance and motherly affection .

Demeter : Rhea inherited love for all living beings, and see, her daughter Persephone inherit beautiful Pink eyes of his grandmother.

Poseidon : inherited his intelligence and prudence mediator in situations as well as his crown.

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The powers of Rhea are strongly associated with human fertility, but she controlled female fertility (Crono, male fertility), being the most powerful among the goddesses in this area., Also was the goddess of motherhood and childbirth, but the he power of motherhood happened to donate her daughter Hera, and its authority over birth was conceived as a gift to his granddaughter, Eileithyia.

Rhea was also was a Lunar deity, but not the same power of his niece Selene.